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גָּרַשׁ H1644
H1644 is the Hebrew word גָּרַשׁ, transliterated gârash and said gaw-rash'. The King James Version most often renders it drive them out.
What it means
to drive out from a possession; especially to expatriate or divorce.
Where it comes from
a primitive root.
How the King James Version translates it
Across 29 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: cast up (out), divorced (woman), drive away (forth, out), expel, [idiom] surely put away, trouble, thrust out.
Verses using גָּרַשׁ
The first 40 of 44 verses, quoted in full.
Genesis 3:24 · KJV
So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.
Genesis 4:14 · KJV
Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me.
Genesis 21:10 · KJV
Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and her son: for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac.
Exodus 2:17 · KJV
And the shepherds came and drove them away: but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock.
Exodus 6:1 · KJV
Then the LORD said unto Moses, Now shalt thou see what I will do to Pharaoh: for with a strong hand shall he let them go, and with a strong hand shall he drive them out of his land.
Exodus 10:11 · KJV
Not so: go now ye that are men, and serve the LORD; for that ye did desire. And they were driven out from Pharaoh’s presence.
Exodus 11:1 · KJV
And the LORD said unto Moses, Yet will I bring one plague more upon Pharaoh, and upon Egypt; afterwards he will let you go hence: when he shall let you go, he shall surely thrust you out hence altogether.
Exodus 12:39 · KJV
And they baked unleavened cakes of the dough which they brought forth out of Egypt, for it was not leavened; because they were thrust out of Egypt, and could not tarry, neither had they prepared for themselves any victual.
Exodus 23:28 · KJV
And I will send hornets before thee, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee.
Exodus 23:29 · KJV
I will not drive them out from before thee in one year; lest the land become desolate, and the beast of the field multiply against thee.
Exodus 23:30 · KJV
By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, until thou be increased, and inherit the land.
Exodus 23:31 · KJV
And I will set thy bounds from the Red sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert unto the river: for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand; and thou shalt drive them out before thee.
Exodus 33:2 · KJV
And I will send an angel before thee; and I will drive out the Canaanite, the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite:
Exodus 34:11 · KJV
Observe thou that which I command thee this day: behold, I drive out before thee the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite.
Leviticus 21:7 · KJV
They shall not take a wife that is a whore, or profane; neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband: for he is holy unto his God.
Leviticus 21:14 · KJV
A widow, or a divorced woman, or profane, or an harlot, these shall he not take: but he shall take a virgin of his own people to wife.
Leviticus 22:13 · KJV
But if the priest’s daughter be a widow, or divorced, and have no child, and is returned unto her father’s house, as in her youth, she shall eat of her father’s meat: but there shall no stranger eat thereof.
Numbers 22:6 · KJV
Come now therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people; for they are too mighty for me: peradventure I shall prevail, that we may smite them, and that I may drive them out of the land: for I wot that he whom thou blessest is blessed, and he whom thou cursest is cursed.
Numbers 30:9 · KJV
But every vow of a widow, and of her that is divorced, wherewith they have bound their souls, shall stand against her.
Deuteronomy 33:27 · KJV
The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall say, Destroy them.
Joshua 24:12 · KJV
And I sent the hornet before you, which drave them out from before you, even the two kings of the Amorites; but not with thy sword, nor with thy bow.
Joshua 24:18 · KJV
And the LORD drave out from before us all the people, even the Amorites which dwelt in the land: therefore will we also serve the LORD; for he is our God.
Judges 2:3 · KJV
Wherefore I also said, I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be as thorns in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare unto you.
Judges 6:9 · KJV
And I delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all that oppressed you, and drave them out from before you, and gave you their land;
Judges 9:41 · KJV
And Abimelech dwelt at Arumah: and Zebul thrust out Gaal and his brethren, that they should not dwell in Shechem.
Judges 11:2 · KJV
And Gilead’s wife bare him sons; and his wife’s sons grew up, and they thrust out Jephthah, and said unto him, Thou shalt not inherit in our father’s house; for thou art the son of a strange woman.
Judges 11:7 · KJV
And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, Did not ye hate me, and expel me out of my father’s house? and why are ye come unto me now when ye are in distress?
1 Samuel 26:19 · KJV
Now therefore, I pray thee, let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If the LORD have stirred thee up against me, let him accept an offering: but if they be the children of men, cursed be they before the LORD; for they have driven me out this day from abiding in the inheritance of the LORD, saying, Go, serve other gods.
1 Kings 2:27 · KJV
So Solomon thrust out Abiathar from being priest unto the LORD; that he might fulfil the word of the LORD, which he spake concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh.
1 Chronicles 17:21 · KJV
And what one nation in the earth is like thy people Israel, whom God went to redeem to be his own people, to make thee a name of greatness and terribleness, by driving out nations from before thy people, whom thou hast redeemed out of Egypt?
2 Chronicles 20:11 · KJV
Behold, I say, how they reward us, to come to cast us out of thy possession, which thou hast given us to inherit.
Job 30:5 · KJV
They were driven forth from among men, (they cried after them as after a thief;)
Psalm 34:1 · KJV
I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth.
Psalm 78:55 · KJV
He cast out the heathen also before them, and divided them an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.
Psalm 80:8 · KJV
Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it.
Proverbs 22:10 · KJV
Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.
Isaiah 57:20 · KJV
But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.
Ezekiel 31:11 · KJV
I have therefore delivered him into the hand of the mighty one of the heathen; he shall surely deal with him: I have driven him out for his wickedness.
Ezekiel 44:22 · KJV
Neither shall they take for their wives a widow, nor her that is put away: but they shall take maidens of the seed of the house of Israel, or a widow that had a priest before.
Hosea 9:15 · KJV
All their wickedness is in Gilgal: for there I hated them: for the wickedness of their doings I will drive them out of mine house, I will love them no more: all their princes are revolters.
Common questions
What does Strong's H1644 mean?
H1644 is the Hebrew word גָּרַשׁ (gârash), meaning to drive out from a possession; especially to expatriate or divorce.
How is H1644 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it drive them out (7 times), cast out (6 times), thrust out (4 times), drive out (3 times), put away (2 times), among others.
How many times does H1644 appear in the Bible?
גָּרַשׁ (gârash) is tagged in 44 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H1644 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: a primitive root.
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